Canada Winter Games Technical Information

February 26 to March 3, 2007

White Horse, Yukon

Qualifier for the Canada Winter Games is

Shin Bu Kan Judo Tournament, October 14, 2006

Humber College, Etobicoke, Ontario

Entry fee:  $35.00

Weigh-in for all participants:  9:00 – 11:00am

Registration forms to be completed on the day of competition at weigh-ins

PARTICIPANTS

9 males and 9 females (1 per division)

Manager – Brian Kalsen (brian@judoontario.com) or 613-282-7375

Head Coach – Dave Burt

Assistant Coach – Kimberly Orr (Ribble)

CLASSIFICATIONS

Athletes born 1988 to 1991 inclusive

Any Ontario IJF Junior Athlete who will be competing for Canada in the Junior World Championships on the same weekend as the CWG’s qualifier will be exempt.  The winner of the CWG’s tournament will fight-off with the athlete who competed in the Junior Worlds.  Place and time TBD.  The athlete that wins the best 2 out of 3 matches will represent Ontario in the CWG’s 2007. 

Younger athletes identified as per Judo Canada Early Bloomer Clause which states: “an athlete who wins a medal at the Juvenile National Championships and wishes to enter a National Championships in an older age group (Junior, Senior) in the following year despite the fact that he/she is still a juvenile, such athlete will be allowed to move to the older age division” – subject to the Technical Committee approval on a case-by-case basis”.

ELIGIBILITY

All competitors must be Nikyu (Blue Belt) or higher

All competitors must have competitive experience if any of Judo Canada’s domestic sanctioned tournaments (National Championships, Ontario Open, Quebec Open and Pacific Internationals), or must have defeated athletes with such experience in their selections to the Canada Games team.

Excluded from the Canada Games are:

             Athletes that have held C or Senior (as defined by Sport Canada’s Athlete Assistance Program) at any time

             Athletes that have competed for any Nation at any senior Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games, Olympic Games or Senior World Championships

WEIGHT CATEGORIES

Male                                                                Female

Under 51 kg                                                   Under 41kg

over 51 kg up to and including 55 kg          over 41 kg up to and including 44kg

over 55 kg up to and including 60 kg          over 44 kg up to and including 48 kg

over 60 kg up to and including 66 kg          over 48 kg up to and including 52 kg

over 66 kg up to and including 73 kg          over 52 kg up to and including 57kg

over 73 kg up to and including 81 kg          over 57 kg up to and including 63 kg

over 81 kg up to and including 90 kg          over 63 kg up to and including 70 kg

over 90 kg up to and including 100 kg        over 70 kg up to and including 78 kg

over 100 kg                                                    over 78 kg

RULES

**   True Double Elimination (only for Ontario Qualifier)

             Golden Score will be applied

             Must have at least one White and one Blue Gi